Photo via Flickr user Gage Skidmore Despite growing popular and legislative support for federal cannabis reform, U.S. lawmakers have differing views on whether Congress will can any progress on pot in the near future, says a new report from the …
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Proposed Amendment Protecting Canna-Banks Blocked by GOP
On Wednesday, GOP representatives in the House extinguished yet another amendment that could have granted cannabis-related businesses access to the federal banking system. Introduced by U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO 7th District), the amendment to H.R. 4293, better known as …
Read More »NBA superstar Karl-Anthony Towns says league should allow medical marijuana
Minnesota Timberwolves’ star center Karl-Anthony Towns supports his fellow players using marijuana as medicine, and hopes the NBA will soon feel the same way. In a recent sit-down interview, Towns explained to ESPN‘s Nick Friedell why he believes the NBA …
Read More »Canadian Government Proposes Pot Tax of $1 Per Gram
In a news conference held Friday morning, the Canadian Government announced a proposed tax of at least $1 per gram on all cannabis sales, following legalization in July 2018. The motion, if adopted, would start with an excise tax of …
Read More »Canada’s Licensed Producers Release Their Advertising Wish List
A coalition of Canada’s licensed producers (LPs) that represent approximately 90 percent of the legal Canadian marijuana-growing industry released their recommendations Wednesday on how they would like to see cannabis advertising take shape in the Great White North. Bill C-45 has been …
Read More »Two-Thirds of CBD Extracts Are Inaccurately Labeled, Reports New Study – News
Lead image via Flickr The number of CBD extracts coming to market in canna-legal states is growing exponentially, but a new research study has found that the majority of these products are inaccurately labeled. Adjunct assistant professor of psychology Marcel …
Read More »California Treasurer Offers Banking Recommendations for Legal Weed, But Do They Go Far Enough? – News
California Treasurer John Chiang at a meeting of the Cannabis Banking Working Group in Los Angeles, August 2017; via MJ News. On Tuesday, California State Treasurer (and 2018 gubernatorial candidate) John Chiang presented a report on cannabis banking. He began …
Read More »South Africa’s Highest Court Considers Marijuana Legalization
Cannabis activists came together today for a constitutional challenge that could lead to marijuana legalization in South Africa. In March, the Western Cape High Court heard a case which argued that being arrested for growing personal-use marijuana at home was …
Read More »25 Most Popular Strains Across North America in October
Elevated on the 25 Most Popular Strains list for the month of October, Tangie, Wedding Cake, and Forbidden Fruit sparked the interest of online shoppers as they headed into Halloween. For October, the retail marijuana price index for an eighth …
Read More »Have An Idea For The Next Great Cannabis Product? Pitch Snoop Dogg’s Venture Capital Fund in Vegas! – News
Image via Wikimedia Commons Have you and your buddies been working on a dream cannabis product or business idea, but need some help getting it to market? Or do you have some extra cash you’d like to invest in the …
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